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"Mark Howell"

05/02/2005 1:31 AM

Converion gun question

I'm gonny try my luck at spray finishing, so I got
a newbie question. I bought an Astro HVLP
conversion gun, and it has a regulator at the end
of it. It says to set it for 41-44psi. Is that set with
the trigger pulled and air flowing, or not? 'Cause
it drops down to 30psi with the trigger pulled.


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"toolguy"

in reply to "Mark Howell" on 05/02/2005 1:31 AM

04/02/2005 5:45 PM

I would think they would be refering to operating pressure, 41-44 with
the trigger pulled.

LJ

Larry Jaques

in reply to "Mark Howell" on 05/02/2005 1:31 AM

05/02/2005 3:05 PM

On Sat, 05 Feb 2005 01:31:25 GMT, the inscrutable "Mark Howell"
<[email protected]> spake:

>I'm gonny try my luck at spray finishing, so I got
>a newbie question. I bought an Astro HVLP
>conversion gun, and it has a regulator at the end
>of it. It says to set it for 41-44psi. Is that set with
>the trigger pulled and air flowing, or not? 'Cause
>it drops down to 30psi with the trigger pulled.

The gun specs say "41-44psi input", which I read as static pressure,
before spraying. The following is a good thread for you. Contributor P
says that he sprays at 10-30psi (less for less overspray, 30 for large
panels) with the trigger pulled.

http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Gravity_spray_guns.html


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Larry Jaques

in reply to "Mark Howell" on 05/02/2005 1:31 AM

06/02/2005 3:15 PM

On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 15:22:52 GMT, the inscrutable "Mark Howell"
<[email protected]> spake:

>"Larry Jaques" <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote in message
>> http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Gravity_spray_guns.html
>>
>Hey thanks for the very informative link! Looks like I didn't do
>too bad buying a cheap gun :)

If you don't mind my asking, what'd you pay for the gun and which
model did you buy, Mark?


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"Mark Howell"

in reply to "Mark Howell" on 05/02/2005 1:31 AM

06/02/2005 3:22 PM


"Larry Jaques" <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Sat, 05 Feb 2005 01:31:25 GMT, the inscrutable "Mark Howell"
> <[email protected]> spake:
>
> >I'm gonny try my luck at spray finishing, so I got
> >a newbie question. I bought an Astro HVLP
> >conversion gun, and it has a regulator at the end
> >of it. It says to set it for 41-44psi. Is that set with
> >the trigger pulled and air flowing, or not? 'Cause
> >it drops down to 30psi with the trigger pulled.
>
> The gun specs say "41-44psi input", which I read as static pressure,
> before spraying. The following is a good thread for you. Contributor P
> says that he sprays at 10-30psi (less for less overspray, 30 for large
> panels) with the trigger pulled.
>
> http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Gravity_spray_guns.html
>
Hey thanks for the very informative link! Looks like I didn't do
too bad buying a cheap gun :)

>
> --
> The clear and present danger of top-posting explored at:
> http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote2.html
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>

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"Mark Howell"

in reply to "Mark Howell" on 05/02/2005 1:31 AM

07/02/2005 12:45 AM


"Larry Jaques" <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 15:22:52 GMT, the inscrutable "Mark Howell"
> <[email protected]> spake:
>
> >"Larry Jaques" <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote in message
> >> http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Gravity_spray_guns.html
> >>
> >Hey thanks for the very informative link! Looks like I didn't do
> >too bad buying a cheap gun :)
>
> If you don't mind my asking, what'd you pay for the gun and which
> model did you buy, Mark?
>
>
It's a HVLPDX 1.5mm nozzle, I think I paid like $85.00 for it.
I haven't used it yet, apart from spraying water :)


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